vala-gen-introspect(1)

1VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT(1)           User Commands          VALA-GEN-INTROSPECT(1)
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NAME

6       vala-gen-introspect  -  generate  a  GI file for GObject and glib based
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SYNOPSIS

10       vala-gen-introspect PKGNAME PKGBASE
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DESCRIPTION

13       vala-gen-introspect is a utility which generates GI files from  GObject
14       and  glib based packages. It can be used in combination with vapigen(1)
15       to generate an API for Vala, and allow its usage in Vala for  compiling
16       to  native code. PKGNAME is the pkg-config name of the library and PKG‐
17       BASE specifies the base directory for that package.
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19   Usage:
20              gen-introspect [OPTION?]
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22   Help Options:
23       -h, --help
24              Show help options
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26   Application Options:
27       -v, --verbose
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30       -o, --output=FILE
31              write output here instead of stdout
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33       -n, --namespace=NAMESPACE
34              Namespace of the module, like 'Gtk'
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36       --shared-library=FILE
37              Shared library which contains the symbols
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39       --include-idl=IDL
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BUGS

43       https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/issues
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HOMEPAGE OR CONTACT

46       https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala
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AUTHORS

49       J??rg Billeter, Raffaele Sandrini.
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EXAMPLES

52       After compilation, the following command  generates  a  GI  for  pango:
53       vala-gen-introspect pango packages/pango
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55       This can then be converted to a Vala API as follows:
56              vapigen   --pkg   cairo   --vapidir   .  --library  pango  pack‐
57              ages/pango/pango.gi
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